Re: Archiving done right

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Archiving done right
Date: 2015-08-24 02:49:22
Message-ID: CAB7nPqTuh14sWZ-xhbvtT5y3sCMJQowpoXTPMBqx0hJz_wSMDQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:25 PM, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> wrote:
> In the current scheme, if the standby has not been archiving and then
> gets promoted, won't it try to push the older WAL segments because the
> .done files do not exist in archive_status? Or does the archiver not
> cross timelines?

The segments are marked with .done on a standby once their reception
is finished at recovery.
If, by current, you mean >= 9.5, it is also mentioned in the docs that
when archive_mode = on and the standby is promoted, the
now-master-standby will not archive segments it did not generate
itself:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/warm-standby.html#CONTINUOUS-ARCHIVING-IN-STANDBY
--
Michael

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